Fatima Sana of Pakistan during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Captains' Carnival at Waterloo Bridge on June 7. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Fatima Sana of Pakistan during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Captains' Carnival at Waterloo Bridge on June 7. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Pakistan will be hoping to break the duck make its maiden bow in the knockouts of the Women’s T20 World Cup when it takes part in the 10th edition of the tournament in England.
The side begins its campaign against arch-rival India on Sunday, and is placed in a group which has Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, and the Netherlands.
Here’s everything you need to know about Fatima Sana’s Pakistan in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026:
Undoubtedly, the 24-year-old captain is Pakistan’s best player, and the best hope of making any impact in a group of death this edition, grouped alongside some heavyweights like Australia, South Africa, and India. Nevertheless, Sana has shown her class with the ball time and again, becoming the highest wicket-taker amongst Pakistan pacers (48 in 58 matches). With the bat too, she’s upped her game recently, having smashed the fastest fifty in women’s T20I, when she brought up her half-century in just 15 balls, beating White Ferns legend Sophie Devine’s record.
The 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has recently been in great touch, although in the 50-over format. During the Zimbabwe series, Feroza smacked consecutive centuries after scoring a half-century in the first of the three matches. In T20Is, she’s scored just less than 400 runs at a strike rate of little over than 105 in 27 matches. She has shown promise, like her 15-ball 32 against Ireland last month, but her time will hope for more consistency at the top of the order from Feroza.
Another top-order batter, who can bowl a little bit of leg spin if needed, Zafar has been part of the national team set-up since 2015. While she has a middling strike rate to her name (100.60), the 31-year-old has been in decent touch off late. Last month against Zimbabwe, Zafar notched up the fastest women’s T20I century by a Pakistan batter, achieving the three-digit mark in 47 balls.
Primarily a batter, Javed is usually deployed in the middle or lower-middle order. In 60 matches since 2013, the 34-year-old has racked up 473 runs at a measly strike rate of 82.11.
A relatively new face in the senior team’s XI, Fatima first announced herself at the 2023 Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. There, she was Pakistan’s highest run-scorer, and fourth overall, with 157 runs in five matches. Her knocks included two half-centuries during the group stage (65 off 60, 62 off 35). In the Zimbabwe series this year, she also notched up her best T20I score, an unbeaten 79. She has been in and around the main side and will hope to make opportunities count in this edition.
The 33-year-old all-rounder has been an important cog in Pakistan’s white-ball machinery since 2014. Riaz, who opted to go the cricket way over badminton during her college days, has amassed 1361 runs in 110 matches, mostly operating from the middle order. She was also Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker in the 2018 T20 World Cup with six scalps in four matches.
The 30-year-old batting all-rounder has been part of Pakistan’s T20I squad since 2017. However, there was a five-year gap in which she didn’t play a game. In 2023, she was recalled to the squad. This is maiden call-up for a Women’s T20 World Cup squad, and she’ll hope to make a mark if given a chance on the field. But her 229 runs from 30 matches, striking at less than 100, doesn’t bode well for her chances to make it to the starting XI.
Another youngster in the mix, the 24-year-old is reportedly the first female cricketer from Chitral’s Kalash Valley region to represent the national team. Only six T20Is old, all her matches in the shortest format have come this year. Her best performance, especially with the bat, came during the Zimbabwe series. She notched up an unbeaten 50 off 32 balls, and backed it up with 30+ scores in the Tri-Nation Series against West Indies and Ireland.
The bespectacled keeper-batter has had to be patient for her rise up the ranks in the national team. As a teenager, she debuted at the 2016 T20 World Cup. Then seven years later in the 2023 edition, Ali became the first Pakistan woman to score a century in T20Is. Over a ten-year career so far, Ali has amassed over 1600 runs in 89 T20Is.
“We are strong than we know we’re. Be a believer and work hard,” is what you’ll find written on her bio if you visit Hassan’s Instagram profile. The 25-year-old has been part of the team since 2022, and she even impressed on her debut against Sri Lanka where she took three wickets. Since then, she’s taken 27 wickets in 43 matches at an economy of 6.37.
Another bespectacled player in the ranks, Shamim debuted in 2019 and since then has played 16 matches and taken 12 wickets. The off-break bowler has been amongst the wickets in recent matches, the Zimbabwe series and the Tri-Nation series, but has been expensive too at times.
The 30-year-old left-arm spinner has been providing the team with variations ever since she played her first game in 2019. Her wicket-taking ability, and the frequency of it, has her as the fourth-highest wicket-taker amongst Pakistan players. She has 73 wickets in 59 matches, and is just two scalps away from overtaking her current teammate Nashra Sandhu.
Another left-arm spinner in Pakistan’s arsenal, Sandhu has been extremely consistent in both white-ball formats. A M.Phil degree-holder from the Lahore College for Women University, the now 28-year-old has snared 74 wickets in 77 T20Is. And her economy of 5.54 is enviable. Even in the lead-up to the World Cup, she has been amongst the wickets.
Baig is jack of many trades and a master of most of them. She has represented Pakistan in both cricket and football, and is reportedly the first cricketer from the Gilgit-Baltistan region. And her list of sports in which she has dabbled in doesn’t stop there. Add javelin and shot-put to the list and you’ve got the background of Pakistan’s premier pace bowler. In 57 matches, she’s taken 40 wickets, and Baig can be quite a menace with the new ball in the PowerPlay. However, she didn’t feature for the team in the two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup.
A left-arm pacer, Rubab made her international debut in 2024 against South Africa. Since then, she’s just played one more T20I - against the Proteas this year where she bowled one over and conceded 15 runs. However, she’s played in three ODIs and taken six wickets, including a three-wicket haul.
Published on Jun 14, 2026
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